दत्तं जप्तं हुतं स्नातं यत्किंचित्सदनुष्ठितम् । भानूपरागे श्राद्धादि तद्धेतुर्ब्रध्न संनिधे
dattaṃ japtaṃ hutaṃ snātaṃ yatkiṃcitsadanuṣṭhitam | bhānūparāge śrāddhādi taddheturbradhna saṃnidhe
Whatever is duly performed—dāna (charity), japa (mantra-recitation), homa (oblations), ritual bathing, and rites such as śrāddha—when done during a solar eclipse, becomes supremely efficacious in the presence of Bradhna, the Sun.
Skanda
When sacred time aligns with divine presence, every sincere and proper observance becomes a powerful cause of merit.
The verse glorifies the sacred time of solar eclipse under the Sun’s presence (Bradhna), rather than a single named tirtha.
During a solar eclipse: dāna (charity), japa (mantra-recitation), homa (oblations), snāna (bathing), and śrāddha and related rites.